Types of Volunteers

Volunteer Opportunities with Food for Life Global

We receive numerous emails every day from people all over the world wishing to volunteer their time or specific skills in furthering the mission of Food for Life Global.

Because the Food for Life Global offices have limited space, most of our volunteers work from their homes. Food for Life Global is the headquarters for all the Food for Life projects around the world, so we do not operate an actual feeding program, but rather support the hundreds of FFL Projects around the world, including many in the US. We do however get directly involved in disaster relief operations by recruiting volunteers and coordinating relief efforts.

The following information should give you some ideas on ways you could get involved in helping Food for Life Global working from the comforts of your home or office. For those who would like to get directly involved in feeding the needy or assisting a Food for Life affiliate program somewhere in the world, please let us know where you live and we will be happy to refer you to a Food for Life project needing help in an area nearest you. Some of the opportunities include gardening, teaching children English, art therapy for orphans, cottage industry training for poor women in India, etc.

Food for Life Volunteers can be classified as one of three types, depending upon the work they do: direct contact volunteers, technical assistance volunteers, or advocates.

Direct Contact Volunteers

This type of volunteer comes into contact with a client or service recipient:

Assist FFL feeding programs by preparing and/or serving meals

Assist with emergency relief projects internationally

Help build infrastructure for FFL projects

Provide medical assistance to FFL clients

Educational Services at FFL schools

Other professional pro-bono services

Technical Assistance Volunteers

As the name implies, these volunteers provide assistance with task- or objective-based assignments, or a particular expertise. This group may include both onsite and offsite volunteers. They may be responsible for:

Conducting online research

Finding information to use in Food for Life’s (FFL) grant proposal or newsletter

Grant research

Gathering information on a particular government program or legislation that could affect FFL’s clients

Gathering web site addresses of similarly-focused organizations

Using online phone books and web sites to update contact information for a database